recycling

Circular Economy, Energy from Waste, Features

Deakin Uni recycling hub looking for funding from business

Deakin University’s Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH) is calling for expressions of interest (EOI) from businesses looking to invest in research-led innovation projects that will accelerate Australia’s clean, green manufacturing future. Read More

mike.wheelerApril 2, 2024, 10:03 amApril 2, 2024

Features

Aussie public still confused over what is recyclable

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has published Australasian Recycling Label Consumer Insights Report 2023, its annual benchmarking survey exploring consumer recycling attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours in Australia and New Zealand. Read More

mike.wheelerNovember 23, 2023, 11:48 amNovember 23, 2023

Latest News, Online Subscription, Tasmania

Tasmania’s plastic recycling capacity increased

An extra 1,700 tonnes of plastic waste will be diverted from Tasmanian landfill each year due to a $1.26 million co-investment from the Australian and Tasmanian Governments. The funding will support
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mike.wheelerNovember 20, 2023, 11:24 amDecember 1, 2023

Features, Infrastructure, Online Subscription, Queensland, Recycling Facilities

$137 million facility to process 220,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard

One of Australia’s biggest paper recycling facilities will be built in South East Queensland with plans to turn 220,000 tonnes of waste paper and cardboard from across Queensland and northern
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mike.wheelerNovember 9, 2023, 11:08 amNovember 14, 2023

Industry News

Reset needed to get most out of products

Bec Larkin says that she wasn’t sure what she wanted to study when she decided to go to university. Eventually settling on a double degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Economics from UTS and honours in Medical Science from UNSW, Larkin didn’t initially go into the waste and resource recovery industry. Read More

mike.wheelerAugust 10, 2023, 10:04 amAugust 10, 2023

Industry News, Online Subscription, Opinion, Queensland, Recycing/reusing, Recycling

List of recycling projects funded by QLD and federal govts released

Both the Queensland and federal governments are investing more than $13.3 million for 13 new recycling projects in the state. This investment is designed to address gaps in Queensland’s waste recycling
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mike.wheelerJuly 20, 2023, 11:58 amAugust 1, 2023

Industry News, Opinion

Waste myths series – landfills are bad, recycling is good

Simple answers to complex problems are often wrong. I don’t know who said that, but it certainly applies to the myth that all landfills are bad and all recycling is good. Read More

Mike RitchieJune 22, 2023, 11:27 amJune 27, 2023

Industry News, Opinion

Safety regulations and recycled food packaging

According to Plastics Europe’s latest report, in 2021, 90 per cent of the world’s plastic production was fossil-based. Post-consumer recycled plastics and bio-based/bio-attributed plastics respectively accounted for 8.3 per cent and 1.5 per cent of the world’s plastic production. Read More

Ed KosiorMarch 13, 2023, 2:38 pmMarch 13, 2023